A 3 year old and antibiotics...

[Moominy12]

My 3 year old daughter has tonsillitis for the 2nd time in 4 weeks. She is an absolute nightmare to take medicine.

She has just tonight been prescribed the banana medicine again but is point blank refusing it and getting really distressed.

I've tried everything. When she was looking away I've slipped it in her mouth and she threw up. Hid it in her bottle of tea but it's almost curdling making her sick.

Does anyone know if doctors can prescribe a tablet instead that I can crush and disguise? Going to have to ring tomorrow to do something but I think this is the only way I'm going to be able to get her to have it.

I share your pain! My son is exactly the same. We usually have to just hold him down and squirt tiny bits in at a time. Does your dd have tonsillitis really badly as in infection?
If her tonsils are not infected, you may get away with not giving antibiotics. But definately check with gp first. You can get a telephone appt to ask.
My sons had pneominia and is severely iron deficient, and he vomits every time we try and give the iron medicine. The consultant is now prescribing tablets for us to crush and pop in a spoon of something, ie yoghurt.
Maybe your gp could try that for your dd.

It would be so amazing, if we could just stick a plaster on their butts and the medication soaks in.

For calpol we use suppositories. It’s the only way!!

My 3yr old DD had the most disgusting antibiotics last month and the only way we could do it at the start was one holding her and another spooning it in mixed in a chocolate yoghurt.
After a couple of doses (4x per day!) she realised it was just easier to take the yoghurt and by the end was taking just the medicine on the spoon.